We Were Animals

Normally when you think of what night you should go out, you think about the weekend… maybe a Friday or Saturday night, right? Well music fans, this week Thursday is for Indie! This Thursday, January 19th, we have a terrific collection of Dayton bands who will be playing at the Rathskeller Room at Wright State University! We have a great lineup that includes Vanity Theft — whose album Get What You Came For — made my best of 2011 list. In addition to VT we have: We Were Animals — and their Apoco-Lips album– should not be missed, Abertooth Lincoln, and 3rd and Main! The show starts at 7pm and goes until 10pm that leaves plenty of time for your weekend. It is an all ages show so that music fans of all ages can begin their love affair with Dayton music! And most importantly you can get a good jump on a weekend of great local music.

It is often assumed that there is no local music scene in Dayton. Dear music fans, nothing could be further from the truth! We have a literal explosion of new music from bands of numerous musical genres, approaches, and styles happening right now. Once the Gem City was considered the post-punk haven for groups such as Guided by Voices, Branniac, and The Breeders. Dayton has a long and significant music history of which the post-punk wave was but one trend in local music.

Today, we have bands playing in almost too many genres and styles to count. We have new music from The Fair Shakes, Bonneville, We Were Animals (from the previously power-pop dream of Ed vs. Radio), Vanity Theft, The Rebel Set, The Story Changes, the horror-rock of Splattertude, Hawthorne Heights, Me & Mountains, Night Beast, Toads and Mice, Smug Brothers, and so much more.

We have many places to see bands and musicians are plying their trade in the Oregon District or throughout the city. If the assumption is that there is no growing and evolving music scene in Dayton, that is simply not correct. As someone who has conducted research on music scenes for several years (do not ask how many, I am just a little touchy about the age thing), I can honestly tell you that Dayton musicians have much to offer you. All you have to do is go listen.

You can go to several fine establishments to see bands play most nights of the week in the Gem City. And you should. Come on what do you have to lose except your preconceptions about the limitations of Dayton music.

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Check out our Local Music Calendar on the right of this page for shows in the upcoming week, or go to our full Online Event Calendar for more…

Ah, Monday the 13th….day of…..looking forward to great music this weekend.

The weekend kicks off with a great lineup at Blind Bob’s. Cincinnati’s Great Young Hunters will join three great local bands onstage: Ape the Ghost, which features members of Sleepybird, We Were Animals, which features members of Ed Vs. Radio, and Oh Condor, the new name for 8-bit Revival. In honor of their re-naming and this weekend’s show, our music video 8-bit Revival performing at Blind Bob’s last spring courtesy of The Music Seen. Full details about this weekend’s show are available at the Dayton MostMetro Events Calendar. Don’t forget to post your events there as well!